As the subject says, I am not able to stay logged in. I click the boxes that code for keeping me logged in, but I never am. I had to log in this morning when yesterday I was logged in. I have no idea why I cannot stay logged in. I'll check my cookie setting for this site, and hopefully that's it. If not, I'm at a loss.

JSherlock wrote:As the subject says, I am not able to stay logged in. I click the boxes that code for keeping me logged in, but I never am. I had to log in this morning when yesterday I was logged in. I have no idea why I cannot stay logged in. I'll check my cookie setting for this site, and hopefully that's it. If not, I'm at a loss.

Hi JSherlock,

What did you find when you checked the cookie settings? Have you tried using another browser? If neither of those steps work, I'm afraid I'd rather be at a loss too. There's nothing that's really done server-side or the "remember me" setting; the server just tells the browser "Hold on to this cookie for me, will you?" and has to trust that it'll do it properly.

This happens to me too... but not every time. Sometimes I can be logged in for weeks without a problem then randomly one day I won't be logged in anymore and it'll do that for a few days then go back to normal O.o

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Hawkeye: What is that noise?
IronMan: That is the noise Pietro makes right before he's tossed out of the airlock. ~ Avengers: The Children's Crusade #6

Svartfreja: I'm wondering if your problem may be because you're assigned a dynamic IP address by your Internet Service Provider; that fits with it working for a couple weeks then resetting. If your IP address is changed, then your session is deliberately reset as a security measure to prevent cross-site scripting and other attacks.

I have no idea how I would find that out and it doesn't seem to log me out of anywhere else that I have set to auto sign me in, so I guess they either have crappy security or it's just my internet being wtf-y.

Quicksilver: Howisshe?Isshealright?Imusetspeakwithmysisteratonce.
Hawkeye: What is that noise?
IronMan: That is the noise Pietro makes right before he's tossed out of the airlock. ~ Avengers: The Children's Crusade #6

Svartfreja wrote:I have no idea how I would find that out and it doesn't seem to log me out of anywhere else that I have set to auto sign me in, so I guess they either have crappy security or it's just my internet being wtf-y.

I think I should be able to look up your IP history when I have a moment to check the database. If this is a case, there might be a way to disable tying sessions to IP addresses for certain users (I can see whether this helps JSherlock too).

hm, I have a re-occurring problem where whenever I return to the site (daily, it's in my favorites) it always makes me re-sign back in. I've noticed the pattern is when I go to the site from a new wireless source, but I have had the same computer for years and I've been using chrome for about 2 1/2 years, never had this problem. Is this a forum issue? It's really frustrating because most times I have no idea I'm not logged in and if I go to reply to something, it takes me off the screen to log in, super frustrating first-world-problem thing. I'm just trying to figure out why it happens.

sidenote, I use my iMac at the office for Nightscrawlers once in awhile, always have to re-log in there too. No roaming wireless involved there, I use the student paper's router for the school internet, so I'm confused as to what that is too. Seems to be auto-log off or something...
Despite me clicking "remember me" each time I log in

Quicksilver: Howisshe?Isshealright?Imusetspeakwithmysisteratonce.
Hawkeye: What is that noise?
IronMan: That is the noise Pietro makes right before he's tossed out of the airlock. ~ Avengers: The Children's Crusade #6

I didn't even know that was a problem. I thought it was normal to be signed off every other day, sometimes every second day. Sometimes I stay logged in for a few days, other times I have to log in daily. I always thought it was some kind of update that had been done to the server. Never been logged in for weeks.